A delight
4 stars
As is usually the case with anthologies, a couple fall flat, but the high points here more than make up for it, including one with forty puppies -- does it get any better? :)
121 pages
Published April 9, 2019 by Bedside Press.
Love Beyond Body, Space and Time: an Indigenous LGBT Sci-fi Anthology
4 stars
(4 reviews)
"Love Beyond, Body, Space, and Time" is a collection of indigenous science fiction and urban fantasy focusing on LGBT and two-spirit characters. These stories range from a transgender woman trying an experimental transition medication to young lovers separated through decades and meeting far in their own future. These are stories of machines and magic, love, and self-love.
This collection features prose stories by: Cherie Dimaline "The Girl Who Grew a Galaxy," "Red Rooms" Gwen Benaway "Ceremonies for the Dead" David Robertson "Betty: The Helen Betty Osborne Story," Tales From Big Spirit series Richard Van Camp "The Lesser Blessed," "Three Feathers" Mari Kurisato "Celia’s Song," "Bent Box" Nathan Adler "Wrist" Daniel Heath Justice "The Way of Thorn and Thunder: The Kynship Chronicles" Darcie Little Badger "Nkásht íí, The Sea Under Texas" Cleo Keahna And an introduction by Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair "Manitowapow," with a foreword by Grace Dillon "Walking the Clouds". Edited …
"Love Beyond, Body, Space, and Time" is a collection of indigenous science fiction and urban fantasy focusing on LGBT and two-spirit characters. These stories range from a transgender woman trying an experimental transition medication to young lovers separated through decades and meeting far in their own future. These are stories of machines and magic, love, and self-love.
This collection features prose stories by: Cherie Dimaline "The Girl Who Grew a Galaxy," "Red Rooms" Gwen Benaway "Ceremonies for the Dead" David Robertson "Betty: The Helen Betty Osborne Story," Tales From Big Spirit series Richard Van Camp "The Lesser Blessed," "Three Feathers" Mari Kurisato "Celia’s Song," "Bent Box" Nathan Adler "Wrist" Daniel Heath Justice "The Way of Thorn and Thunder: The Kynship Chronicles" Darcie Little Badger "Nkásht íí, The Sea Under Texas" Cleo Keahna And an introduction by Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair "Manitowapow," with a foreword by Grace Dillon "Walking the Clouds". Edited by Hope Nicholson "Moonshot," "The Secret Loves of Geek Girls"
Review of 'Love Beyond Body, Space and Time: an Indigenous LGBT Sci-fi Anthology' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I looked up this book because [a:Claudie Arsenault|14817813|Claudie Arsenault|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]'s article in Strange Horizons, discussing speculative fiction that is kind mentions [a:Darcie Little Badger|8141191|Darcie Little Badger|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]'s story "Né łe!" which she says, "features two Native lesbians slowly falling in love as they care for forty chihuahuas and one husky on a long travel to Mars."
Listen, either you already want that or you don't, but if you do, I can tell you the story is about sixteen pages long and still gives you everything you're hoping for.
But I also read the other stories and poem in the collection, and I can recommend it, if you want the thoughts of a white lady. The stories are different than the median SF story, true and brave, and made me feel tender and hopeful. Worth reading if you can get your hands on.
